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Sailing Directions, Adams’s Contributions to Conchology, Characteristics of 
American Reptiles, Girard’s Revision of Astaci, Dr. Hare on Tornadoes, Maps of 
California, Catalogue of Indian Portraits, Contributions to Knowledge. 
Dr. R. Ball—Address to Dublin Geological Society. 
The Editors—The Natural History Review for January and April. 
Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire—Their Proceedings, vol. v. 
University of New York—Report of Regents, January, 1854. 
London Geological Society—Their Proceedings. 
Irish Census Commission—Report on Disease in 1851. 
Professor E. Forbes on the Educational Uses of Museums. 
George C. Hyndman, Esq.—Six scarce pamphlets. 
Dublin Geological Society—Their Proceedings. 
R. W. Jackson, Esq., Armagh—Manuscript in the Tamul language, on palm 
leaf. 
Prince Bonaparte de Canino—Classification Ornithologique. 
Armagh Natural History Society—Their Report. 
R. Davison, Esq., M.P.—Lyell’s Report on the New York Exhibition. 
Dr. S. Bryson—Two volumes of Irish manuscripts. 
John Cunningham, Esq., Macedon—Selby’s Ornithological Illustrations. 
CORK CU VIE RIAN SOCIETY. 
APRIL 5, 1854. 
Professor Boole in the chair. 
Professor Boole gave an account of a singular echo noticed by him, at the 
Warkingborough Station, on the Great Northern Railway, Lincolnshire. A fence of 
upright wooden rails extends for a considerable distance on one side of the railway. 
A blow of a stick being struck on the opposite side, the echo is a distinct whistle. 
The rapid succession of separate echoes from the rails of the fence, serves to account 
for this phenomenon. Professor Boole explained in what way a series of rails 
should be arranged, so that the echo of any sharp sound, produced by percussion, 
shou'd be a definite musical chord, or even a cadence. 
[In future, the proceedings of the Cork Cuvierian Society, as far as they relate 
to natural history, shall be given in our pages, as corrected by the council.— Eds. 
N. H. R.] 
DUBLIN NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY. 
JUNE 16, 1854. 
James R. Dombrain, Esq., in the chair. 
The minutes being confirmed, 
A beautiful specimen of the pheasant fowl was presented by R. P. Williams, 
Esq., who observed that he was anxious to place in the collection a complete series 
of the best breeds of fowl introduced to this conntry. This fowl is acknowledged 
to be a purely English breed, but has been erroneously termed Hamburg. 
Dr. Kinahan said he had twenty species of native Coleoptera to present to the So¬ 
ciety, and which he would name and arrange in the museum. 
The thanks of the Society having been passed to the donors, 
Mr. Andrews said, that before commencing the papers for the evening, he was 
desirous of placing on record some plants that had been first noticed in this country 
